Categories: Science
October 9, 2009
NASA is webcasting the 7:31 a.m. ET intentional crash of a satellite into the moon. The mission's goal: See if any water or ice show up in the crater.
Update at 7:32 a.m. ET: Kapow! The satellite has hit its target — but we have to say, there wasn't much to see on the webcast. At least not yet.
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